Do you judge people by the wine they drink?

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Anonymous wrote:You have to drink a lot of wine and have a pretty sensitive palate to tell the difference between a 10 bottle a 20-30 bottle (on verge of course). Drink what you like, life is short.

I wish this were true. Sadly, once you start drinking the better wines in the $20-$30 range the cheap ones really taste subpar. I still drink some cheaper ones because I'm not wealthy, but you definitely tell the difference.

LOL that you think a $30 bottle of wine is something special.

Are you kidding me? $30 for a bottle is big money - and quite frankly, I make a lot of money. It's funny because most broke pretentious people i know judge you on your wine. I had dinner with a VERY wealthy guy and loves Yellowtail. He grew up with the DuPont's kind of wealth.

I don't get the pretentiousness, either, and I'm from Sonoma and have family members in the industry.

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Anonymous wrote:There are definitely wines I don't care for, but really people just have different tastes. Lately I've been liking Malbecs and dry Roses (ice cold, on the porch on a summer evening ... heaven!). But I know a lot of people don't care for a peppery malbec or don't care for roses. To each their own.

You are my soul sister.

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Anonymous wrote:I love moscato. Forget you people.

Me too, the Italian ones. People who hate moscato can go to hell for all I care.

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I wish they still made T.J. Swan

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if it's white zinfadel i kinda giggle but if it makes you happy, cheers to you. who gives a shit.

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Anonymous wrote:8:23 - did you notice that after Sideways came out, Merlot's sales dropped and there was a LOT of sh*tty Pinot suddenly hitting the market? Pinot is a hard wine to make well - the growing conditions have to be just right - so it's kind of sad/funny that so many marginal producers were throwing it out there to capitalize on the pinot trend after that movie came out.

I think Bogle makes a great merlot. I'll happily drink merlot if that's what's available, but there aren't many reds I don't like. (I do not like grenache much.)

8:23 here ... yes, that movie (while a great flick) has done so much to distort perceptions and economics of wine ... regular grocery stores are now packed with terrible pinot (as in some of the worst wine on the market) but they've got clever labels and they're "pinot, yay, my fave!" so they sell. Meanwhile, Merlot is actually a very pleasant wine even at cheap prices, and at very high quality vineyards (e.g., Bordeaux) it is amazing. Cheap pinot is like watered down grape juice ... but it sells, entirely because of that movie.

So frustrating, because I really, really, really love good pinot. But bad pinot is just a waste of wine.

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Seriously, I don't get the White Zin hate. I have not done a side by side tasting of a White Zin against say, a French Rose, but if you want something light and slightly sweet and unsubtle and cheap for a picnic, is the latter really a better choice?

White Zin tastes nothing like a French rose. Nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I meant...what does the type of wine you drink say about you, and I didn't just mean price or label.

Chardonnay = ?
Sauvignon Blanc = ?
Pinot Grigio = ?

Merlot = ?
Cabernet Sauvignon = ?
Pinot Noir = ?

Etc.

This doesn't even make sense. I drink the wine appropriate to the food. Sometimes a Pinot goes, sometimes a chardonnay. A Provencal rose goes great with Provencal seafood dishes. It's not what I would choose to have with Italian food.

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Anonymous wrote:I judge people who drink white zinfandel.

Seriously, I don't get the White Zin hate. I have not done a side by side tasting of a White Zin against say, a French Rose, but if you want something light and slightly sweet and unsubtle and cheap for a picnic, is the latter really a better choice?

I accidentally ordered a glass of white Zin and it was horrific. Nothing in common with a dry rose.

But I still won't judge you! God knows I have horrible taste otherwise.

Its been a while - roses are never off dry? Maybe I am thinking cheap Portugese Roses?

Again, what do you pick for a summer picnic?

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My two favorite whites that I drink at home are Nobilo Sauv Blanc and Kirkland (yes!) Pinot Grigio. Both are $7-8/bottle.

Dissect me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess I meant...what does the type of wine you drink say about you, and I didn't just mean price or label.

Chardonnay = ?
Sauvignon Blanc = ?
Pinot Grigio = ?

Merlot = ?
Cabernet Sauvignon = ?
Pinot Noir = ?

Etc.

This doesn't even make sense. I drink the wine appropriate to the food. Sometimes a Pinot goes, sometimes a chardonnay. A Provencal rose goes great with Provencal seafood dishes. It's not what I would choose to have with Italian food.

Soooooo...what you're saying is that you never drink wine unless you are eating food??????

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I don't get my panties in a wad over the wine that other people drink. There are enough real things to worry about.

Geez, is having a life that difficult?

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Anonymous wrote:Like some PPs, I only judge those people who judge others. Although personally I make it a point to never drink pink wine.

Why?

Not sure, really, but maybe for the same reason I don't carry my hand bag on my elbow with my wrist turned up.

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I don't really judge your average person for the wine they drink. I do, however, judge people who are snobby about their food, restaurants, etc., and then post photos on Facebook of them drinking Cupcake Chardonnay or something like that. Or when people do "tastings" at Safeway and act like they are really hardcore into wine as they sip and debate some crappy grocery store Pinot. Those, I judge.

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Nope! I prefer a $100+ bottle but can also drink wine from a box. I am judgmental about other things.